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@mkraju Our EU allies are adding Russians to their sanctions list and Republicans are taking them off. Even @MittRomney caved to the Kremlin today on lifting Deripaska's sanctions. Reporters need to press him hard on this. Is it b/c Romney's helping get a Mormon temple built in Russia??

Oh >> Former Republican Senator David Vitter has been lobbying for #Deripaska’s companies for months. This may explain why so many Republicans voted today for lifting #sanctions. GOP stick together, even when on team Kremlin - CNNPolitics cnn.com/2019/01/16/pol…

#RussianAsset much?? Trump's been hiding details of his encounters w/ Putin. So there's no detailed record of their 5 interactions in the past 2 yrs. Unusual for any POTUS, let alone one Russia sought to install thru an unprecedented interference campaign washingtonpost.com/world/national…

Trump's gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations wi/ Putin—from even his own admin. No wonder FBI thinks he's working for Russia. This is so outrageous. And incredibly stupid. You can bet the Kremlin has recorded every word. washingtonpost.com/world/national…

#RussianAsset Trump told Putin "I believe you" when Putin denied Russian involvement in US election, according to the interpreter (whose notes he seized!) at Hamburg G20 meeting in 2017. That's also when Trump admitted he spoke w/ Putin about "adoptions" ie Magnitsky #sanctions.

As I argued in my 2015 @OUPpolitics book, Societies Under Siege, where Myanmar was a case study, it's crucial to consider HOW sanctions are supposed to achieve one's desired goals. HOW exactly will economic pain translate into political gain?global.oup.com/academic/produ…
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This is rarely, if ever, done. Policymakers typically just impose sanctions in the vague hope that "pressuring the regime" will magically translate into the outcomes they seek. Usually they don't: sanctions fail 2/3 of the time. Myanmar was no different.
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Three executives connected to a defense contractor were charged for allegedly defrauding the United States military & for breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran. One of them was a significant contributor to the Dem party, former State Secretary Hillary Clinton & former Pres Bill Clinton

The contractor, the Dubai-based Anham corporation, lied to the military in order to get an $8 billion 10-year contract in 2012 to supply food for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. It also had materials and equipment shipped through Iran—in violation of U.S. sanctions—to cut costs

Art 8 ICC: “[i]ntentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies ...” constitutes a war crime in international armed conflicts.

Geneva Conventions Article 54(1) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I provides: “Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited.”

Interesting discrepancies: According to the Russian media, Rick Perry, U.S. Energy Secretary, has ALREADY ARRIVED to Moscow today, on 9/11, and is visiting till Sept 13 when he meets his counterpart, Alexander Novak. Dugin's pub Tsargrad announced these dates ahead of time. ⬇️

2. American media claims only the part of the visit starting on Thursday, Sept 13. The visit, as the Russian media describes it, is covered "frugally." Indeed. Where is Mr. Perry now? It is a long flight, of course. reuters.com/article/us-rus…

3. They are going to talk about sanctions, note the Russian sources. Let's refresh some recent history--still not covered by the press (just like Mr. Perry's visit.)

2] @benwallaceMP went further than May did yesterday in putting the responsibility for the attack directly on Vladimir Putin: "Ultimately the responsibility lies with the leader of that country"

3] And finally, one winner from Brexit will be UK foreign policy says @BWallaceMP because the UK will have the power to act unilaterally against Russia when it comes to sanctions #russia#brexit#sanctions

. @AmbJohnBolton sat down with #Russia's NSC Sec in Geneva for about 5 hours talking international security issues, #Ukraine, #Syria, #Iran. Earlier this year Patrushev was placed on #US sanctions list but said "it was no impediment for him to be meeting [American officials]"

Patrushev says himself & #Bolton failed to sign a joint communique cuz "#US wanted to include the point on "#Russia/n interference" which we didn't find acceptable.We,in turn,asked them to state that US own interference into other states' affairs is unacceptable - they refused"

Deripaska had invited several prostitutes including Nastya Rybka who took pictures and recorded bits of conversations, posted on instagram October 14, 2017. Feb 8, 2018 Alexei Navalny posted this video:

Deripaska: "We've got bad relations with America, because the friend of Sergei Eduardovich (Prikhodko) Nuland's her name, is responsible for them.
When she was your age, she spent a month on a Russian whaling boat. She hates our country after this." #sanctions

#Iran has deliberately flooded Iraqi market with cheap imports and foodstuffs. This has undercut Iraq agriculture by decreasing demand4 homegrown products that R more expensive. Even if Iraq were2 stop buying these goods #farmers would not B able2 produce enough supplies at home

Iran has political leverage, too. Since the May 12 national #election Iraq’s political elites have been unable to form a government in part because of enormous pressure from #Tehran to install politicians in their favor. Iran’s loyalists succeed and dominate the new government...

1/ for folks hit by OFAC sanctions business has gotten very hard. Even fnon-US businesses have to think if they aren’t inadvertently falling foul with US; as that analysis costs money, it may be cheaper to drop the business altogether.

US has concluded that Russian executive power can compel anyone to do their bidding “or else” (lose company, be hurt). In that environment protests of individual businesses mean little as they cannot be in Russia and stand up to he state #sanctions#erpscan#embedi#kaspersky